1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 8:27 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 927 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 PLENTY OF WEATHER TO KEEP US BUSY TODAY. MARINE AREA COVERED BY EITHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ALREADY. UPDATED ZONES EARLY TO HAVE LIKELY POPS OR BETTER ALL AREAS. SHOULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE AGAIN...WITH BEST CHANCES OVER INTERIOR COUNTIES WHERE HEATING IS MAXIMIZED. 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS SOME COOLING ALOFT AS WELL WITH -10C AT 50H. .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-221500- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 500 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF TAMPA BAY BEFORE DAWN...AND ONE OR TWO MAY REACH THE COAST JUST AFTER SUNRISE BEFORE WEAKENING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN A BRIEF DOWNPOUR AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THE INLAND PORTION OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH ALL OF INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY THREAT. ...TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM SARASOTA NORTH...THOUGH A FEW MAY REACH INTO INTERIOR COUNTIES NORTH OF A TAMPA TO LAKELAND LINE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS REDEVELOP AND TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE BIG BEND REGION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER COASTAL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES...AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS...LATER TODAY. $$. GOLDSMITH
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and caused an electrical surge to an apartment at the Island Club condominiums on the 1500 block of Sunset Road in Tarpon Springs. The electrical surge ignited a fire in the apartment and caused an estimated $65,000 dollars in damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5255167.